Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2013 (TAS)

Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2013

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal Act 1993 .4 November 2013

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

BRYAN GREEN

Minister for Planning

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2013 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on the seventh day after the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal Regulations 2004 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Regulation 6 substituted Regulation 6 of the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following regulation is substituted: 6Fees for appeals, &c., to Appeal Tribunal (1)  Unless otherwise provided for in the Building Regulations 2004 or any other Act or regulations, the fee for instituting an appeal to the Appeal Tribunal under section 13(1) of the Act is – (a) 208 fee units; and (b) payable upon lodgement of the appeal. (2) The fee for an application to be made a party to an appeal pursuant to section 14(2) of the Act is – (a) 104 fee units; and (b) payable upon lodgement of the application. (3)  If the chairperson is of the opinion that paying a fee under subregulation (1) or (2) may cause a person financial hardship, the chairperson may – (a) waive the fee; or (b) reduce the fee; or (c) refund the whole or any part of the fee already paid.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 13 November 2013

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations amend the

(a) increasing the fee for the institution of an appeal under the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal Act 1993 ; and (b) prescribing a new fee for an application to be made a party to an appeal under that Act.